LGBTQ+ friendly station Glitterbeam Radio will air coverage of the San Marino Song Contest in the UK this weekend.
The San Marino Song Contest is the newly named national final that San Marino will use to pick its representative for Eurovision 2025.
UK-based radio station Glitterbeam Radio confirmed that it will provide audio coverage and English commentary of the show in a press release. The station has also broadcast coverage of the Festival di Sanremo in recent years.
20 songs will compete in the Grand Final of the San Marino Song Contest on Saturday March 8, with Glitterbeam beginning its broadcast at 19:30 GMT.
The songs competing are:
- Bianca Atzei – “Testacoda” (Spin)
- Besa – “Tiki Tiki”
- Boosta – “BTW”
- Vincenzo Capua – “Sei sempre tu” (It’s always you)
- Pierdavide Carone – “Mi vuoi sposare?” (Will you marry me?)
- Marco Carta – “Solo fantasia” (Just fantasy)
- Luisa Corna – “Il giorno guisto” (The right day)
- CuRLi – “Juliet”
- Elasi – “Lorella”
- Haymara – “Tómame las manos” (Give me your hands)
- KiNG FOO – “The Edge of the World”
- Paco – “Until the End”
- Gabry Ponte – “Tutta l’Italia” (All of Italy)
- Questo e Quello – “Bella Bella” (Beautiful beautiful)
- Silvia Salemi – “Coralli” (Corals)
- Angy Sciacqua – “I”
- Taoma – “NPC”
- Teslenko – “Storm”
- The Rumpled – “You Get Me So High”
- Giacomo Voli – “Ave Maria”
The San Marino Song Contest will take place in the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. The winner will represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.
Megara represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with their song “11:11”. Competing in the second semi-final, they finished in 14th place with 16 points.
Image Source: San Marino RTV | Source: Glitterbeam Radio
San Marino debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 alongside Azerbaijan. On their debut, they were represented by Miodio and the song “Complice”, and finished last in their semi-final with just 5 points. San Marino withdrew from the contest before returning in 2011. Since then the country has participated annually and in 2014, they qualified for their first final. Since their first qualification, they have qualified for the final in 2019 and 2021.
